This Is Beirut 11/07 20:42 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Israeli bombardments expanded on Thursday afternoon to several villages in the western sector, particularly the Naqoura area, Hamoul, Tayr Harfa, Alma al-Shaab, Hula, Wadi Saluki, Aitaroun and Wadi al-Zarqa in the Tyre district. The shelling led to fires in the wooded areas and olive groves near homes in Alma al-Shaab, which were extinguished by ...
This Is Beirut 11/07 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
More than 60 news organizations, including some of the world's largest, signed an open letter Thursday calling on Israel to immediately end restrictions on international media entering and reporting from Gaza. CNN, BBC, Agence France-Presse (AFP) and the Associated Press were among 64 media groups demanding greater access to the enclave that has ...
This Is Beirut 11/07 19:21 - Reading : less than a minute
Wednesday evening, the Israeli army announced that it had completed its military operations in the neighborhood of Shuja'iya, east of the city of Gaza, leaving behind a devastated neighborhood.
This Is Beirut 11/07 18:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions against Israeli extremists over violence against Palestinians, including slapping financial restrictions on four settlement outposts in the West Bank. The State Department also blacklisted Lehava, which it described as the "largest violent extremist organization in Israel" with more than 10,000 ...
This Is Beirut 11/07 15:44 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Washington Post is reporting, Wednesday, that "the framework is agreed" for a Gaza ceasefire agreement, although a lot of work still remains on finalizing a lot of complex details. According to the WP, Israel and Hamas have both signaled their acceptance of an "interim governance" plan, in which a US-backed force, drawn from supporters of the ...
This Is Beirut 11/07 09:39 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Israeli army said Wednesday that it has completed its mission in Shujaiya, a neighborhood in the east of Gaza that has been the scene of violent fighting for two weeks. The military statement said the operations destroyed "eight tunnels" and "eliminated dozens of terrorists, destroyed combat compounds and booby-trapped buildings." The ...
This Is Beirut 10/07 23:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Biden administration released half of a shipment of heavy bombs it had withheld from Israel since May over concerns the Israeli army would use them on densely populated areas of Gaza, a US official told The Times of Israel. In May, the White House announced a decision to withhold a shipment of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700 500-pound ...
Hala Abdallah 10/07 21:12 - Reading : less than a minute
From Gaza to Lebanon, This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the war between Hamas and Israel and its repercussions on the region. Here are the main highlights for July 10, 2024.
This Is Beirut 10/07 20:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A top Hamas official said on Wednesday that “intensifying” Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip would harden the Palestinian group's negotiating position in mediation efforts towards a truce. In recent days, Israeli forces have increased raids in northern Gaza as heavy fighting raged again in the far-southern city of Rafah. And ...
This Is Beirut 10/07 19:13 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been "eliminated or wounded" in the Gaza war since the militant group's October 7 attacks. In a statement to parliament on the first nine months of the conflict, Gallant said that the military was "determined" to meet its goals of eradicating Hamas and ...
This Is Beirut 10/07 14:12 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The Israeli army on Wednesday dropped thousand of leaflets on Gaza City urging all residents to leave amid an intensified military offensive on the Palestinian territory's main city, an AFP journalist said. The leaflets, addressed to "everyone in Gaza City", set out routes out of the city to designated safe areas further south and warned the ...
This Is Beirut 10/07 13:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The US intelligence chief on Tuesday accused Iran of egging on protests inside the United States against the Gaza war, including by paying demonstrators. Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, stressed she was not alleging that Americans taking to the streets against Israel or US policy were insincere or doing Iran's bidding, but ...